2012 Olympics

Sidney · August 1, 2012, 1:07pm

Very cagey stuff for most of that first round with little boxing done but Nevin leads 5-2

Scrunchie · August 1, 2012, 1:08pm

5-2 in first. Didn’t see it that clearcut myself but we’ll take it

Sidney · August 1, 2012, 1:11pm

Nevin leads 10-5 after Round 2

Scrunchie · August 1, 2012, 1:11pm

10-5 now. He was much more impressive in that round

RaymondCrotty · August 1, 2012, 1:16pm

ALL OVER RED ROVER

Sidney · August 1, 2012, 1:16pm

Comfortable for Nevin. Picked his Kazakh opponent off very well.

Scrunchie · August 1, 2012, 1:17pm

Comfortable victory. The Kazak tried a few sneaky elbows & shoulders in last round but Nevin was on his toes.

Sidney · August 1, 2012, 1:17pm

15-10 the result.

Watch_The_Break · August 1, 2012, 1:21pm

Good stuff from Nevin, great win. Your man was decent. The scoring can be very strange at times. I thought the first round was very close and the second one a clear round for Nevin. Medal fight for him now.

tazdedub · August 1, 2012, 1:22pm

Have we won a gold yet?

RaymondCrotty · August 1, 2012, 1:23pm

Yeah and third round was very strangely scored too imo.

tazdedub · August 1, 2012, 1:30pm

Spectators at Wembley Arena booed as the Olympic women’s doubles badminton competition descended into farce with four pairs deliberately playing to lose.

Players served into the net, hit shots long or wide, and employed time-wasting tactics as they appeared to try to engineer themselves a favourable draw in the next round of the competition.

All four pairs - one from China, two from South Korea, and another from Indonesia - had already qualified for the last eight but top spots were still to be settled.

Spectators reacted angrily to players’ refusal to play.

@lorihalford tweeted: “Didn’t expect to be booing teams tonight. China and Korea women’s doubles teams are a disgrace.”

While Frederik Nielsen said: “Saw the most embarrassing sports match I’ve ever seen today. Women’s badminton doubles. They were rightly booed off court.”

Several hours after the events on court, the Badminton World Federation charged the four pairs with "not using one’s best efforts to win a match"and “conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport”.

A disciplinary hearing is scheduled to be held on Wednesday morning.

The fiasco began when Chinese top seeds Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang started to show little interest in beating Koreans Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na to finish top of Group A.

That would mean avoiding compatriots and second seeds Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei at least until the final.

The Koreans responded by copying China and referee Thorsten Berg emerged to warn all the players. The match restarted and the Koreans went on to win 21-14 21-11.

But that was not the end of the matter as a second Korean pair, the third seeds Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung, then attempted to throw their match against Indonesia’s Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii.

Their motive was apparently an attempt to avoid Wang and Yu in the quarter-finals, an outcome they failed to achieve as they eventually won 18-21 21-14 21-12. The Indonesians in turn had also tried to lose the game.

Berg intervened and disqualified the players in the second game, prompting a roar of approval from the angry crowd, but quickly reversed his decision.

Britain’s Gail Emms, who was an Olympic silver medallist in 2004, said the scenes were a “disgrace”.

“We had four pairs on court trying to lose - very un-Olympic spirit,” she said. “I’m furious. It is very embarrassing for our sport.”

However, China’s Yu claimed the tactics had simply been to preserve energy ahead of the knockout phase on Wednesday.

“Actually these opponents really were strong. This is the first time we’ve played them and tomorrow it’s the knockout rounds, so we’ve already qualified and we wanted to have more energy for the knockout rounds,” she said.

I see the IOC has now kicked all the pairs involved in these matches out of the Tournament. Great stuff this. They said on the news that the president of the IOC was present at the events when this carry on was going on. Fucking idiots.

Watch_The_Break · August 1, 2012, 1:33pm

Nevin is likely to be facing a highly rated Tajikistani named Yusunov next. Yusunov and Nevin were both bronze medalists at the world amateurs last year. If Nevin wins that, he’s almost certainly going to be fighting a Cuban guy named Alvarez who won gold at that competition for a place in the final. GB’s Luke Campbell is likely to come through the other side and be the final opponent for whoever comes through Nevin’s side.

edit: Yusunov has just been beaten by his Mexican opponent. Nevin will be fighting Oscar Valdez for a medal on Sunday night.

gola · August 1, 2012, 1:42pm

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Pot, Kettle, Black[/quote]

Someone declaring themselves anti Olympics and then watching every minute of it when no one was giving them the attention they’re desperate for looks like the ultimate in waffling in my book

mickee321 · August 1, 2012, 1:56pm

is that so Gola?

myboyblue · August 1, 2012, 2:25pm

FFS

The_Runt · August 1, 2012, 2:28pm

Where is sailing girl in the scores after today?

tazdedub · August 1, 2012, 2:41pm

She finished 19th today, dont know what that does for overall standings? Was there someone messing with her boat over night?

myboyblue · August 1, 2012, 2:42pm

Net of the worst performance - sailors are allowed to drop the worst one out of their 10 - Annalise still leads on 12; Belgium 14, Ned 19

If the results of all six races are included, Annalise is third on 31. Belgium 22, Ned 25, Irl 31, UK 34, China 36. Very tight at the top – Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly)

Bandage · August 1, 2012, 2:43pm

I hope today’s drop in performance doesn’t knock the wind out of her sails.